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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
402 PM EST SUN MAR 1 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
HAWK CHANNEL AND STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO WEST END OF
SEVEN MILE BRIDGE OUT 20 NM...
BAYSIDE AND GULF SIDE FROM CRAIG KEY TO WEST END OF SEVEN MILE
BRIDGE...
FLORIDA BAY INCLUDING BARNES SOUND, BLACKWATER SOUND, AND
BUTTONWOOD SOUND...
STRAITS OF FLORIDA FROM OCEAN REEF TO CRAIG KEY 20 TO 60 NM OUT...
* UNTIL 500 PM EST.
* AT 402 PM EST, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE WATERSPOUTS AND
SMALL HAIL WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM STEAM BOAT
CHANNEL TO NEAR CONCH REEF, MOVING SOUTH AT 15 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER, AND SMALL
HAIL.
SOURCE...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST.
IMPACT...WATERSPOUTS CAN QUICKLY FORM AND CAPSIZE BOATS, CAUSE
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO VESSELS AND CREATE SUDDENLY HIGHER
WAVES. EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 KNOTS, SUDDENLY
HIGHER WAVES, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
WHALE HARBOR, ISLAMORADA HUMP, TENNESSEE REEF LIGHT, TWIN KEYS,
STEAM BOAT CHANNEL, 409 HUMPS, AND COTTON KEY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS QUICKLY, AND AS SAFELY AS
POSSIBLE. WHEN DOWNPOURS REDUCE VISIBILITY, SLOW DOWN.
LAT...LON 2464 8022 2456 8084 2499 8074 2501 8054
2500 8054 2498 8056 2495 8061 2494 8061
2495 8057 2500 8052 2502 8052 2501 8051
2504 8033
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 003DEG 13KT 2494 8068 2498 8042
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
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